Eurosport to hold ex­clu­sive Ger­man rights for next 4 Olympic Games

Eurosport will have ex­clu­sive broad­cast rights in Ger­many for the next four Olympics, leav­ing pub­lic broad­cast­ers ARD and ZDF shut out.

Eurosport an­nounced yes­ter­day that it will of­fer cover­age in Ger­many on its free-to-air chan­nel and other out­lets for the games from 2018-2024.

No deal was reached for Eurosport to sub-li­cense some of the rights to long-stand­ing Olympic broad­cast­ers ARD and ZDF.

The Eurosport plans in­clude cover­age of the 2018 Win­ter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea; 2020 Tokyo Olympics; 2022 Win­ter Games in Bei­jing; and 2024 Olympics, whose site has not yet been se­lected.